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Adding a tie to a smart casual outfit can enhance the formal aspect of the ensemble and create a more sophisticated look

If you dont work in an office environment and rarely attend formal evening events, a single pair of black shoes may be enough for you, but you can never have enough brown shoes

I paired an umbrella-like skirt with a feathered halo to give the outfit an extreme, almost X-shaped silhouette and evoke the goddess Aphrodite for a Greek Mythology theme

Don't be embarrassed, especially in this modern world of e-mails and text messages, to shoot the host with whom you are most familiar a short note saying how dressed up do you want people at the event? If you don't feel comfortable doing that, ask around among other attendees